Mrs. Suzanne R. Hartman, an Oreland resident and 2023 Bishop McDevitt High School Hall of Fame inductee, has passed away at 79

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Cheltenham , Oreland , Wyncote | Obituary

August 6th, 2026 | By Ryan Genova

Mrs. Suzanne R. Hartman, an Oreland resident and “Legend of McDevitt”, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 3, after a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 79.

Mrs. Hartman was inducted into the Bishop McDevitt High School Hall of Fame in 2023 for contributing her “time, talents, and generosity to the Bishop McDevitt High School community for over two decades.”

Her husband, Thomas, became a Hall of Fame member as well after serving as the Lancers’ freshman football team head coach from 1990 to 2020.

From the induction biography:

Following his untimely passing, the Hartman family wanted to honor Tom, Sr.’s memory and support the students and the football programs at both McDevitt and St. Gen’s.  Sue and family organized and ran a horseshoe tournament in Tom, Sr.’s name and donated the proceeds to McDevitt and St. Genevieve’s CYO program. Each year, Sue and the Hartman family would donate $4,000 to McDevitt, with $2,500 of that donation going to a scholarship for a deserving incoming freshman student and $1,500 going to the Lancers Football program.  Along with that $4,000 donation to McDevitt, the Hartman family would also donate $1,500 to the St. Genevieve CYO program that Tom, Sr. had founded.  

Sue, a graduate of Archbishop Prendergast High School, and Tom, Sr., a graduate of North Catholic High School, believed whole-heartedly in the benefits and value of a Catholic education, and their dedication not only to their own family but many other deserving families is evident.  Over the 11 years that Sue and family ran the Hartman Scholarship Horseshoe Tournament, they raised and donated over $40,000 to McDevitt and $15,000 to St. Genevieve’s.  Although Tom, Jr. could not be with us this afternoon, he noted that “Mom is the glue that holds the Hartman family together and always strived to honor her faith and her family’s commitment to Bishop McDevitt High School and its community.”

According to her obituary, Family and Friends are invited to her viewings Friday from 6-8PM and Saturday from 9:30-10:30AM at Holy Martyrs Church, 120 Allison Rd Oreland, PA 19075. Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday at 10:30AM. Burial will follow the mass at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

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